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Erin Brockovich starts tracking AI data centers, calls on affected communities to submit issues — website shows more than 2,700 reports from across the US raising various concerns

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Tom's Hardware · 05/27/2026 09:23 EDT

Erin Brockovich, who made her name making a case against PG&E in the '90s that resulted in a $333 million settlement, is now looking at the impact of data center developments on communities and is recording community reports along the way. Read more ›

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China adds homegrown AI chips to 'secure and reliable' procurement list for the first time — nine options added as move away from Nvidia continues

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Tom's Hardware · 05/27/2026 08:28 EDT

The certifications are valid for three years and were issued jointly by the China Information Technology Security Evaluation Centre and the National Secrecy Science and Technology Evaluation Centre. Read more ›

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Veteran programmer finishes retro game sequel and publishes it after 37 years — Colin Porch started Head Over Heels home computer title in 1989, but it was shelved due to console pivot

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Tom's Hardware · 05/27/2026 08:17 EDT

Hit 1980s isometric puzzler adventure game gets a sequel 37 years later. The original programmer is now over 80. Read more ›

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Prototype of the ‘world’s first fluid circuit board’ can be physically rewired in less than a minute, startup claims — could make hardware iteration 1,000 times faster than traditional PCB

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Tom's Hardware · 05/27/2026 08:00 EDT

A deep tech startup has come out of stealth brandishing a prototype of what it claims to be 'the world’s first fluid circuit board.' Read more ›

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SpaceX admits it can't find enough chips for orbital AI yet, requires 'significantly more than are currently available to us' — firm's risk factors in IPO paperwork also says ambitious TeraFab project may not be successful

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Tom's Hardware · 05/27/2026 07:52 EDT

SpaceX warns that it may not secure enough AI hardware to achieve its orbital AI ambitions even with supply from TeraFab. Also, Intel and Tesla may leave the TeraFab project. Read more ›

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Lenovo says it's digging into allegations that its China-only G10 handheld is being used for piracy — third parties may be including illicit games to inflate prices in the gray market

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Tom's Hardware · 05/27/2026 07:43 EDT

Lenovo has announced it is conducting an in-depth investigation of its Chinese retail supply chains following allegations that its recently released G02 retro-gaming handheld is enabling piracy. Read more ›

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Save a massive $950 on this RTX 5090 OLED gaming laptop right now — 16-inch Legion Pro 7i features a 240Hz refresh rate, 32GB DDR5, 2TB SSD, and more for just $3,049

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Tom's Hardware · 05/27/2026 07:16 EDT

B&H Photo has slashed the price of this Lenovo Legion Pro 7i gaming laptop by $950, netting you an RTX 5090 laptop with an 16" OLED display for just $3,049. Read more ›

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Taiwan authorities arrest three on suspicion of smuggling Nvidia chips to China — operation allegedly used Japan as transshipment point before forwarding banned Supermicro servers to Hong Kong

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Tom's Hardware · 05/27/2026 07:10 EDT

Reports say that the three individuals successfully shipped a batch of banned Nvidia AI chips in Super Micro servers to China from Taiwan to Hong Kong via Japan using falsified documentation. Read more ›

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Samsung chip workers vote to accept $340,000 average bonus, ending months-long strike threat — resentment over deal has slowed down Samsung foundry division

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Tom's Hardware · 05/27/2026 06:56 EDT

The agreement allocates 10.5% of Samsung's semiconductor division operating profit as stock-based bonuses. Read more ›

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Best Buy has slashed $1,000 off this RTX 5070 OLED gaming laptop with Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX — Lenovo Legion Pro now just $1,749, includes 32GB of RAM and 1TB SSD

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Tom's Hardware · 05/27/2026 06:34 EDT

You can save $1,000 on this Lenovo Legion Pro 5i 16" gaming laptop at Best Buy. Read more ›

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Microsoft's GitHub bans security researcher who posted zero-day Windows exploits because company 'ruined their life' — expert claims action is vindictive and promises further retaliation

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Tom's Hardware · 05/27/2026 06:00 EDT

Microsoft's GitHub bans security researcher who posted zero-day Windows exploits Read more ›

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IBM spins off America's first quantum chip foundry with $2 billion in federal and private funding — newly-minted 'Anderon' foundry to offer 300mm quantum wafer fab and manufacturing services

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Tom's Hardware · 05/26/2026 15:05 EDT

Headquartered in Albany, New York, Anderon will operate a 300mm quantum wafer fab and offer its manufacturing services to competing quantum hardware vendors. Read more ›

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Nvidia is finally ditching its iconic Control Panel after 20 years — new driver updates only ship in the Nvidia App

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Tom's Hardware · 05/26/2026 12:45 EDT

Nvidia has finally retired its 20-year-old control panel for GeForce GPUs. From now on, new GeForce drivers will only include the Nvidia App. Read more ›

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Samsung $400,000 worker bonuses near approval after clearing legal challenge — non-chip employees in line for just $4,000 launch last-minute bid to scupper deal with union

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Tom's Hardware · 05/26/2026 12:12 EDT

The Suwon District Court rejected the injunction filed by five employees from Samsung’s Device eXperience division. Read more ›

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Chinese AI experts in private firms now required to secure approval before international travel — Beijing enforces policy to secure top-tier talent, expands measures beyond government

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Tom's Hardware · 05/26/2026 12:09 EDT

The Chinese government has imposed travel restrictions on key AI experts, requiring them to secure an approval before they can leave the country. Beijing is reportedly doing this to secure talent, which it now considers as a strategic resource, as it competes with the U.S. to gain supremacy in artificial intelligence. Read more ›

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Acer is reportedly working on a 'Predator Atlas 8' handheld featuring Intel's Arc G3 chips — Panther Lake-based handhelds expected to be revealed at Computex 2026

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Tom's Hardware · 05/26/2026 12:09 EDT

At Computex next month, Intel is expected to reveal a bunch of handhelds rocking its Arc G3 series of chips, and Acer is now rumored to be one of the manufacturers showing off its devices. New leaks say a "Predator Atlas 8" is in the works that, as the name suggests, will feature an 8-inch screen and might come in both the Arc G3 and G3 Extreme variants. Read more ›

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AMD leaves Linux FPGA users in the lurch with controversial Vivado licensing update — new tier model restricts future free versions to Windows

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Tom's Hardware · 05/26/2026 11:34 EDT

AMD has been accused of 'bait-and-switch' tactics following changes to the licensing of Vivado on Linux. Read more ›

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Intel’s new Bartlett Lake flagship loses fight to a four-year-old CPU — Core 9 273PQE has 50% more P-cores but can't surpass Core i9-13900K in games

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Tom's Hardware · 05/26/2026 11:14 EDT

German media outlet PC Games Hardware benchmarks the Core 9 273PQE and compares it to modern mainstream processors. Read more ›

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Tryx launches new liquid AIO cooler with holographic display — uses beam splitters to create a hologram-like display effect inside the pump block

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Tom's Hardware · 05/26/2026 10:44 EDT

The Holo 360 replaces conventional LCD layering with a floating hologram-like image effect. Read more ›

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3D printing enthusiast smashes 59-second 3DBenchy for new speed world record —Minuteman 3D printer with revamped bed motion system breaches minute mark

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Tom's Hardware · 05/26/2026 10:18 EDT

A 3D printing enthusiast broke the 3DBenchy speed record with a cute little boat model printed in 59 seconds. Read more ›

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